What's the smallest thing you have found, what depth depth, what detector?....

[Paul(NWO)]

I found a wad of aluminum foil the size of a pea in wet mulch on a playground at 7" with a Garrett GTA1000 w/8.5" standard coil. The mulch was really wet. It was hard to believe but after the foil came out no more signal.

 

[swingman]

I've been using the Minelab Sovereign XS-2 for years, with the 15" WOT coil. I've found some AWEFULLY small targets - 2 I remember, a tiny (1/8 inch, long axis) silver religious medal at 5 inches (in saltwater sand), and many .22 caliber lead bullets (shorts) at ~the same depth, in dirt. (Lotsa fun pinpointing those little buggers!) I've found much smaller stuff at shallower depths.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

I am always finding pellets. Yesterday I found a BB and I had a terrible time pp it. My hand held pp couldn't find it. I have found many hair pins in the salt water under the sand. All with the Ace.

 

[BILLinOK]

what does the hairpen show on the scale?

 

[Oak]

n/t

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

n/t

 

[NM5K]

I have found very small pieces of metal with
the 250. Just slivers really. A BB hits like
a coin nearly...Found quite a few of those.
Even my large 9x12 coil has found some tiny
stuff, and it hits pretty hard on BB's too.
MK

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah awhile back I posted a pic of a tiny piece of wire the 250 hit on at 4-5 inches and it hit like a quarter. Tiny doesn't seem to phase the 250.

Bill

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

n/t

 

[Texdon]

I use the GTI-2500 Garrett, and it tells me if I have targeted
something less then the size of a coin. I don't bother to dig pennies
any deeper then 2 inches; or any other coin more then 6 or 7 inches.
I just don't find much thrill digging 4 to 8 inches for a penny in this
Texas gumbo. For some reason the City has put about a 3 inch layer of
some kind of wood chips over most of the playgrounds and picnik area's
and the coins one finds under this mess, has taken on the color of the
wood chips, I think it must be the acid in the wood that changes the
coins color; anyway, It really makes it hard to find the coin; even
after you have dug it up.

 

[nealcat]

I use a GTI1500 so I never dig when it says it is smaller than a coin. But just yesterday I found a HALF DRACHM apothecary weight coin. It is about the size of a shirt button. It showed as coin size and registered under pulltab notch. I didn't know what it was at the time. I thught it was a foreign coin. I did a search on the internet and found someone had one for sale on ebay for $9.95! Oh! I almost forgot it was 4 inches deep.

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

...you never know. I was digging shot left and right a few weeks back and was sure it was another one when I dug a nice 19th century button last week.
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